Did you abuse, and then said you were “too sensitive”? Negative humor – this is when someone uses sarcasm or “jokes” to blow your confidence and then hide behind laughter. It is not harmless, they are designed to make you feel small, giving the manipulatory room to give up responsibility. “Light,” they say, mocking out of sight, choice or intelligence.
How to outsmart: Smile but turn back. Ask calmly, “Why do you think it’s funny?” Or “what did you mean by that?” Make their explanation removes its mask and often exposes its real intentions.
